DNA

New legislation says that individuals exonerated based on DNA evidence have to return to court to prove their innocence in return for compensation.

The Wyoming Senate has shot down a bill that would have required DNA testing of people charged with a felony.

A Wyoming legislative committee has scaled back a proposal to require people accused of charges of serious crimes to provide DNA samples.

Laramie County DA dismisses all charges in 24 year old rape case.

A Wyoming legislative committee has endorsed two bills that could help state convicts who say they're innocent of the crimes that sent them to prison.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court says police can legally take DNA without a warrant from those arrested in hopes of using it to solve old cases.
The justices, on a 5-4 vote, say taking DNA samples from people who have been arrested for various crimes, long before their guilt or innocen…

A judge in Cheyenne has granted Wyoming's first retrial based on DNA evidence.

The district court clerk in Cheyenne has unsealed legal filings from a Wyoming inmate who maintains new DNA testing proves he's innocent of a rape charge for which he has served 23 years in prison.

The district court clerk in Cheyenne had sealed legal filings from a Wyoming inmate who says new DNA testing proves he's innocent of a rape charge for which he's served 23 years in prison.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming lawmakers have rejected a proposal to take DNA samples from suspects arrested or charged with serious crimes.
The Associated Press reports that the House Judiciary Committee voted against the Katie's Law bill from Democratic Rep...